Comments on: Mmmm… One Star-rific!

By: Stacey

Stacey — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:09:35 +0000

You look like you have the first 50 pages of the book in your cheeks.

I have big cheeks, too… I’m not talking down at you.

By: John Scalzi

John Scalzi — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:59:47 +0000

Well, I did intentionally make myself look like ass, here, Stacey. You know. For the comic effect.

By: Stacey

Stacey — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:35:46 +0000

Dude, you gotta start walking to the Subway every day for lunch,,, in Gary, Indiana.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:35:38 +0000

I totally WILL take up the challenge, and you, John Scalzi, are made of the awesome.

– Rachel

By: Matthew F

Matthew F — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:18:05 +0000

+++“I have read” =/= “I have bought”.

I have posted some scathing one-star reviews of books I got out of the library. They were so offensively bad I had to pound on them on amazon.+++

I take the point, but I do recall that one of them mentioned owning as well as reading, and another expressed regret that he wasn’t likely to meet me so he could beat the cost of four books back out of me.

By: R.W. Ridley

R.W. Ridley — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:28:14 +0000

BTW – Don’t know if you ever heard the segment on bad reviews on NPR. If you haven’t it is worth a listen.

The Web and the Rise of Rotten Reviews

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9288507

By: Canfield

Canfield — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:26:39 +0000

Why do people write bad reviews?

Like others here, I tend to skim the five-star Amazon reviews because every book has its claque of supporters. The two-to-four star reviews are the ones most likely to go beyond “rox/sux” and give me an idea of whether I’d like the book.

I get something from the reviews others have written, and I want to give something back in return – which means writing reviews myself. On a more practical level, people who see thought-out reviews are more likely to post their own thought-out reviews, which improves the resources for everyone. (And maybe some of those people will warn me off a bad book I might otherwise have bought.)

If no one posts bad reviews, you end up with nothing but good reviews – which decreases the value of the reviews for potential readers.

By: John Scalzi

John Scalzi — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:24:21 +0000

I’ve seen it. I like that John Ringo shows up in the comment and calls it the best review ever.

By: FrancisT

FrancisT — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:03:51 +0000

Google “Oh John Ringo No” for the best worst review of the best worst book/series eVAH

By: mister slim

mister slim — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:00:05 +0000

While I am a fan of his past work, I have to give this lolscalzi zero stars. though the picture is humorous, the caption should clearly be “MY GOD! IT’S FULL OF NO STARS!” Also, there is a shortage of cats and/or bacon. I wonder this image can be classed as lol.